Trump Spending Cut Impacts for Tri-Cities Hospitals, Medicaid

Trump spending cut impacts for Tri-Cities hospitals, Medicaid

Ukiah hospital officials respond to closure concerns

Several local hospitals, including Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, were included on a list of rural hospitals across the country that could face closure or other significant impacts due to recent changes in Medicaid coverage. In June, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey (D – Mass.), released “a list of more than 300 rural hospitals across the United States at disproportionate risk of closure, conversion, or service reductions due to proposed health care c…

Rural hospitals brace for painful choices after Trump’s Medicaid and Obamacare cuts – Mnnofa

Rural hospitals across the U.S. say they’re being forced to consider tough choices — like cutting services for children or cancer patients — after President Donald Trump signed into law a sprawling domestic policy bill that includes sweeping cuts to not only Medicaid but the Affordable Care Act, as well. Benjamin Anderson, CEO of Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System, oversees a 180-bed hospital that serves as the only hospital for many resident…